A veteran French chef who recently moved to Aspen to make a new start after the bottom fell out of the St. Croix economy was injured in a hit-and-run accident on Tuesday, according to his fiancée.

Daniel Theme — a celebrity chef who has appeared on various international TV programs over the years — was hit by a westbound white BMW sport utility vehicle as he was crossing Main Street to get to the North Mill Street bus stop near the Pitkin County Library, said his fiancée, Teresa Wyatt.

He was treated and released at Aspen Valley Hospital a few hours after the 3 p.m. incident.

Theme, 61, works at the four-week-old bistro Creperie du Village on South Mill Street beneath Radio Boardshop. He is a native of Provence, a region of southeastern France.

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